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Upheaval at Ohio teachers’ pension fund continues with lawsuit, removal of board chair
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Turmoil at the $90 billion teachers’ state pension fund has gone from the meeting room to the courtroom and back. Just hours before the… Read More
Advocates for Ohioans living with HIV find hope in two bills from a Republican sponsor
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a pair of bills to change the laws related to HIV and AIDS. They would repeal existing state… Read More
Child care facilities in Ohio close down for the day as workers call for change in state policy
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Hundreds of child care facilities in Ohio closed on Monday and their workers rallied at the Statehouse to draw attention to what’s becoming a… Read More
Ohio leaders punt on the possibility of paying half the cost of a Cleveland Browns stadium
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Officials with the Cleveland Browns have approached some state lawmakers about money to build a new domed stadium in a suburb or renovate the… Read More
Tax collections in Ohio are lagging for four of the last five months – but why?
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ohio Statehouse News Bureau) – In four of the last five months, Ohio has come up short of budget estimates in tax collections. Republican lawmakers touted $3.1 billion… Read More
Republicans once again propose bill to crack down on repeat gun crime offenders in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two Republican lawmakers have proposed some new regulations related to guns – but not targeted at the weapons themselves, but people who have them… Read More
Pro-Palestine protesters want universities to divest from Israel, but that can’t happen in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Pro-Palestine protesters at universities around the country have been demanding those institutions withdraw investments in Israel or companies with ties to Israel. But they… Read More
An Ohio bill on voting law changes would require security reviews and allow hand-counting of ballots
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than a dozen of the most conservative Republicans in the Ohio House have signed onto a bill that would make voting law changes… Read More
A Republican lawmaker who donated to GOP challengers says the action by Ohio’s House speaker is illegal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The battle among supermajority Republicans continues in one chamber, as the Ohio House speaker has removed six members from the committees they chaired. House… Read More
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says campus protestors shouldn’t be violent and laws must be enforced
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown is being careful with his comments about pro-Palestine demonstrations at Ohio’s colleges and universities, while saying they shouldn’t… Read More
A judge halts the Ohio law banning gender transition treatment for minors till after hearing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge has again blocked a state law that would ban gender transition treatment for minors and would stop trans athletes from… Read More
Environmentalists are excited, coal backers are cautious about the new EPA rules on coal-burning power plants
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The EPA rules require them to… Read More
New EPA rules on coal-burning power plants will affect four plants in Ohio
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – New rules from the US Environmental Protection Agency are aimed at cracking down on pollution produced by coal plants. The regulations require them to… Read More
Ohio’s Senate unanimously passes a bill to eliminate the loophole on spousal rape in state law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After decades of efforts to change a provision of state law shielding people who rape their spouses from prosecution, the Ohio Senate has voted… Read More
Senate President Matt Huffman says Biden will be on Ohio’s fall ballot
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State legislators have until May 9 to change a law that could keep President Joe Biden off the Ohio ballot this fall, because the… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court rules the state death database with names and addresses isn’t a public record
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A state death database with information from death certificates including causes of death along with names and addresses is not a public record. The… Read More
Orange barrels are blooming on Ohio’s roadways as construction season starts up
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Now that winter is over, road construction season is underway in Ohio. There are 950 road and bridge projects totaling $2.8 billion set for… Read More
Ohio AG: death of key figure in House Bill 6 corruption scandal doesn’t stop state’s case
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The state of Ohio’s investigation into the House Bill 6 nuclear power plant corruption scandal continues, in spite of the death of one of the key figures in the case… Read More
Democrats say there are options to ensure Biden is on Ohio’s ballot beyond changing state law
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — President Biden could be off the Ohio ballot this fall, according to Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose. He says in a letter to… Read More
LaRose says Biden won’t be on Ohio’s ballot unless the Democratic convention is moved or law is changed
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic President Joe Biden could be kept off the Ohio ballot in November because of a conflict in state law. The office of Republican… Read More
Over 60 names – some familiar – are on a potential witness list for the state House Bill 6 trial
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 60 names are on the potential witness list for the state in the House Bill 6 trial of former Public Utilities Commission… Read More
An attorney general report says Ohio’s death penalty is “unworkable” as he backs a bill to change it
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s Republican attorney general says the state’s death penalty is “unworkable” as is, in his office’s latest report on capital crimes and punishment in… Read More
Primary results raise questions about the upcoming contest to become Ohio House speaker
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A dozen Republican Ohio House incumbents who supported Jason Stephens for speaker faced primary challengers, and four of them lost those races Tuesday. And that… Read More
In spite of Ohio’s GOP US Senate race, early voting for March primary down from previous years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Though there’s a bitter and expensive three-way race for the Republican nomination for US Senate on this March ballot, early voting numbers for the… Read More
The final weekend of Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senate race is busy, bitter and brought out big bucks
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The race among three men running in the Republican U.S. Senate race to face Ohio’s incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown this fall got increasingly… Read More
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